I am running Zone Alarm Extreme version 8.0 and Java Version 6 Update 16. After installing Internet Explorer 8 the test Java Applet in http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml does not run. I have changed the Program Control Smart Defence from Custom to Auto. The Applet still runs in Firefox and Opera, and runs on IE8 on another PC which does not have ZA Extreme running. Any ideas?

Re: Zone Alarm Extreme 8.0, IE8 and Java Applet

I don't have ZAX 9, isn't that a Beta model? I used the ZA Removal tool, did a clean install, and the IE8 problem is still there. I will just use Firefox until something better comes along. Thanks for trying.

Re: Zone Alarm Extreme 8.0, IE8 and Java Applet

Thanks. I now have ZAX 9 installed. I used the removal tool, went through the registry (not recommended, but no harm done), deleted all the Checkpoint, Zonelabs and Zonalarm folders from my hard drive, clean installed ZAX 9, removed Java with ZA Forcefield off, cleared the IE8 and ZA Virtual data, reinstalled Java with ZA Forcefield off again, and the Java Applet still does not work in IE8. Fortunately Firefox is still running the Applet, so I will continue to use Firefox. Thanks for all your help, there is just something peculiar to my PC that I have still to identify.